An Arizona lawmaker has come under criticism for social media posts documenting ICE activity. Our Friday NewsCap panelists analyze that and the rest of the week’s top stories. Plus, an emerging Phoenix photographer's subversive take on classic works of art.
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To talk about whether a state lawmaker is doxing ICE agents, more disputes between the Maricopa County recorder and supervisors and more, The Show sat down with Matthew Benson and Tony Cani.
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Picture Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus” — but instead of the goddess rising out of a seashell in the ocean, it’s a plastic shell in a Phoenix backyard. Venus is a queer woman who’s tattooed and wearing stilettos. That’s what the iconic work looks like through the eyes of Phoenix photographer and artist Omar Soto.
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On KJZZ's SOAPBOX, The Show turns over the the mic to listeners. In the latest series, listeners tell their own true stories on the theme of Misbehaving. Phoenix storyteller and teacher Carly Davis explores the difference between being bad — and being authentic.
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William Holly is an historian of the American West and specializes in the San Francisco Peaks and Flagstaff. He wrote “The Mountain is Part of Us: Tourism, Community, and American Indian Sacred Land in Northern Arizona since 1969.”
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CatVideoFest has been curated exclusively by Will Braden since 2016, and he says he watches around 15,000 cat videos to prepare the annual 75-minute presentation that plays in movie theaters around the country. His business card says simply, “I watch cat videos.”